diff --git a/Sources/Foundation/NSStringAPI.swift b/Sources/Foundation/NSStringAPI.swift
index b9413d2a7e..3e90b8efff 100644
--- a/Sources/Foundation/NSStringAPI.swift
+++ b/Sources/Foundation/NSStringAPI.swift
@@ -458,6 +458,9 @@ extension String {
         #endif
     }
 
+    public init(_ cocoaString: NSString) {
+        self = cocoaString._storage
+    }
 }
 
 extension StringProtocol where Index == String.Index {
diff --git a/Tests/Foundation/Tests/TestNSString.swift b/Tests/Foundation/Tests/TestNSString.swift
index 13ea8852cf..90ecb00d05 100644
--- a/Tests/Foundation/Tests/TestNSString.swift
+++ b/Tests/Foundation/Tests/TestNSString.swift
@@ -1629,6 +1629,11 @@ class TestNSString: LoopbackServerTest {
         }
     }
 
+    func test_initStringWithNSString() {
+        let ns = NSString("Test")
+        XCTAssertEqual(String(ns), "Test")
+    }
+
     static var allTests: [(String, (TestNSString) -> () throws -> Void)] {
         var tests = [
             ("test_initData", test_initData),
@@ -1701,6 +1706,7 @@ class TestNSString: LoopbackServerTest {
             ("test_fileSystemRepresentation", test_fileSystemRepresentation),
             ("test_enumerateSubstrings", test_enumerateSubstrings),
             ("test_paragraphRange", test_paragraphRange),
+            ("test_initStringWithNSString", test_initStringWithNSString),
         ]
 
 #if !os(Windows)